Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 114
एतस्य नाम संकीर्त्य पश्चाच्च यज्ञपूरुषम् । संकीर्त्य भोजनं देयं ब्राह्मणस्य द्विजोत्तमाः
etasya nāma saṃkīrtya paścācca yajñapūruṣam | saṃkīrtya bhojanaṃ deyaṃ brāhmaṇasya dvijottamāḥ
Après avoir chanté son Nom, puis invoqué le Yajñapuruṣa, qu’on offre de la nourriture à un brāhmaṇa, ô meilleurs des deux-fois-nés, avec cette même récitation révérencieuse.
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ (best of twice-born) / ritual practitioners
Scene: A ritual feeding: the performer chants the divine name and invokes Yajñapuruṣa, then offers a meal to a brāhmaṇa with solemn reverence.
FAQs
Ritual giving becomes spiritually complete when anchored in sacred remembrance (nāma-saṅkīrtana) and proper invocation.
The instruction is portable across tīrthas; the verse itself does not specify a named holy site.
Recite the deity’s name, invoke Yajñapuruṣa, then give food (bhojana-dāna) to a Brāhmaṇa.